Car.



P. S. INGOLDSBY.

GAR.

APPLIGATION FILED APR. E), 1906.

Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

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CAR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9. 1906.

Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

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CAR.

APPLICATION FIL-ED APR. 9, 1900.

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I. S. INGOLDSBY.

OAR.

APPLIGATION FILED APR. 9, 1906.

Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

4 SHBETSSHEET 4 STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK s. INGoLDsBY, or s r... toms ='niissoum, ASSIGNOR TO THE INGOLDSBYAuro- MA'I'IG can COMPANY, or ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION or WESTVIRGINIA.

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Application filed April 9, 1906. Serial 110,310,583.

To all'whoqh it may concern:

Be, it known that I, FRANK S. 'INooLDsBY,

a citizenof the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State ofMissouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cars, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had'to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a car of composite :construction,the, objectbeing to so employ wood and metal that the advantages of strength,lightness and cheapness will be attained.

"The invention is well adapted for dump cars of the Ingoldsby type,wherein there is a central longitudinal beam to which are hinged dumpingdoors which form a portion of the floor of the car and drop downward attheir outer edges to'dL Qharge the load. When the present invention isem-.

bodied in such dump car, the central longitudinal beam is asteelstructure, preferably of the box girder type, while the sides andinclined ends ofthe car are made of planking with suitable metaltrussing and bracing.

Other features of invention increasing the efliciency of the car, willappear from the following description, wherein the embodiment of theinvention shown by the drawings is fully explained.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is vation of my car. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection of half of the car shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross section ofthe car. Fig. 4 is a portion of an end view, being sectioned through theside sill beyond the bolster.

Fig. '5 is an enlarged, view of the locking lever and its support. Fig.'6 is a face view of the lever-support, being sectioned through thejournal boss. Fig. 7 is an edge view of the filler casting whichsupports the door hinge and the raising shaftl Fig. 8 is a sideelevation and Fig. 9 a plan of the hingeeye carried by the fillercasting.

The side of the car, indicated by A, is a Howe truss "composed of theupper chord a,

and the lower chord a, which-are channel beams, the main struts a andadditional inclined struts, as a and the vertical ties a. The struts andties are riveted at their lower ends directly to the lower chord-a andat their upper ends directly to the upper chord 0.. These struts andties are preferably angle members, as shown; Secured to the a side ele-By making the car side in the form of a Howe truss, the effective lengthof the upper chord is reduced to the distance between the upper end ofthe two diagonal main. I

struts a ,,whereby the strains are much better resisted. To keep a tightjoint between the lower channel beam a, and the planking of the side incase the planking shrinks, I provide a comparatively narrow strip a ofseasoned wood immediately adjacent to the channel. The strip being wellseasoned and small has comparatively no shrinkage. The strut ties holdit in engagement. with the channel beam a. and the shrinkage of the restof the planks between themselves or from the strip a does no harin byreason of t e lap on the planks. The inner face of th strip a is beveledto the edge of the channel beam and this channel beam is filled with awooden strip a, extending between the .end floors of the car to preventany ledges on which the material might lodge.

When the invention is embodied in a dump car, as shown, there areinclined end floors B, composed of ship-lap, or tongue and grooveboards, and a central longitudinal steel ridge beam C extending fromendfloor to end floor and having some ofits members passing through the endfloors to the I bolsters. As shown, the inclined end floor is secured atits upper end to an upper cross beam B of the car and is bracedintermediately by a cross beam Z) which maybe of wood, and by the crossbeam angle irons b l and 11 The central bea'l'n may be of the box girdertype, composed of a painof vertlcal plates 0 which extend in,pa'rellelism from the bolster? 'D at one .endof the earl totlie bolsterat the other. The upper edges ofthese platesar'e cut off diagonally asthey approach thebolster, as shown in 'Fig. 2. The central beam hascover plates cfc extending from'end floor to end fioorand riveted to theupper bent portion of the boX girder plates, and this construction isjoined together and re inforced by an angle beam 0 These plates areflanged on the under side of the end floors and thus form connectionsand supports for the latter, which are secured to them by bolts.Intermediate of the end floors, the upper edges of the plates 0 are benttoward the apex of the ridge and lie along such ridge, being riveted toit and reinforcing it as shown. The plates a carry along their loweredges angles 0 Secured to these angles are cross braces c Stiifenerplates 0 are located at intervals in the upper portion of the box girderand have flanges bearing against the plates 0, and rivets pass throughthese flanges, whereby the stiffener is held in place.

The arrangement of the center sills, draft sills and bolster is coveredin my application No. 312,535, filed Apr. 19, 1906. Briefly it comprisesa through bolster D having cross webs d to which the ends of the plates0 and the draft plates E are riveted. Along the upper edges of the draftplates, are riveted angle members 6 and 6 with their flanges facing inopposite directions. These members extend across the top of the bolsterand are riveted to opposite sides of the center sill plates 0. A thirdangle member 0 is provided on the opposite side of the plate 0, from theangle member 6. The angles 0 at the lower edge of the center sill platesextend to the bolster, and additional angles 6 are secured to the draftplates and cross through the bolster and are secured to the lower endsof the center sill plates on the opposite side from the angles 0 Thismakes a very stiff and strong construction, and one which, in the eventof damage to the end of the car, is easily and economically removed andreplaced without disturbing the balance of the car.

On the outer sides of the plates 0 and beneath the ridge plates arefiller castings 0 secured to both the plates 0 and the cover plates andserving to brace the beam. These castings are of the form shown in sideView in Fig. 3 and edge view in Fig. 7. They. have webs e and flanges cby which they are riveted to the cover plates, and flanges 0" riveted tothe plates 0. The filler castings also have cross flanges a. To theunder side of these cross flanges are bolted the hinge straps F. Thesestraps are provided with eyes 7 to receive the hinge pintles.

The dumping doors are indicated by G. They comprise suit-able plankingand floor beams g,the floor beams terminating at their inner ends ineyes which are hinged to the straps F. When the doors are closed, theoutermost plank Gr thereon abuts against the lower face of the channelbeam a. The doors are adapted to be held in this position by lockinglevers H pivoted to the channel beam and having hooked lower endsadapted to extend beneath the projecting floor beams g, which preferablyhave hooks on their outer ends. The upper ends of the levers H may beconnected by a link H and operated by a lever H The lever H is journaledon a boss 2' formed on the outer side of a block I which is secured tothe channel (z t A boss 71 formed on the inner side of the block seatsin a hole in the channel and a rivet 2' seated in the recess in theblock holds the same against the channel. A bolt 2' and nut hold thelever in place on its boss. This construction carries the strain fromthe lever directly to the channel beam itself.

It will be seen that there is some distance between. the lower edge ofthe chord a. and the floor beams g, and the tendency of the car side tobend outwardly might thus give a severe bending strain to the lockinglevers which engage the hooked ends of the floor beams. To prevent this,I extend the plate I downward below the channel beam and extend itinward beneath such beam, as shown at i ,Fig. 5. This puts the lockinglevers in shear and enables them to hold the car side against outwardbulging.

When the levers release the doors, they drop by gravity. 1 providesuitable bumpers K to receive the impact of the dropping d0ors,-thesebumpers being adapted to engage springs 9 carried on the under side ofthe doors. The bumpers may be carried on plates 0 secured (preferably bybolting) to the angles 0 on the under side of the box girder, saidplates having proper angles a riveted to their upper edges for thispurpose. The bumpers, as shown, are pivoted to such plate and may beturned down to hold the door in position to shed outside the rail, ormay be turned up, as shown in dotted lines in the left hand portion ofFig. 3, to allow the doors to drop vertical. livoted bumpers are shownand claimed in a co-pending application of mine.

To raise the doors after they have dropped, I provide a pair of rockshafts L on which are mounted arms Z adapted to engage beneath thedoors. These rock shafts are journaled in plates 0, riveted to the web 0of the filler castings 0*. Suitable means, not shown, are provided forrocking the shafts L to cause the arms Z to raise the doors.

The channel beam a which constitutes the main portion of the lowerchord, extends from out to out of the bolsters and rests on the upperface of the bolsters to which it is secured. The channel beams atextending beyond the bolsters and terminating at the end of the car aresecured to the channels a and to the ends of the bolster. The end sillsN are secured to these extension channels a". The projecting flanges tof the main struts a and the end ties a 'for the car, .end floor to 'thebolster and secured are removed where the channel a crosses them andfilling plates are provided between these channels and the,car sides, sothat the channels may be conveniently secured in place outside of thestruts extensions of the side are placed as described so that in case ofany damage to the end of the car, the extension channel may be easilyand economically removed and replaced without disturbing any of thebalance of the car.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim g 1. In' a car side, thecombination of an upper chord in the form of a channel ,beam, a lowerchord in the form of a channel beam, strut ties connecting said beams, awooden filling beam for the upper chord, wooden planking between thechords and secured to the strut ties, inclined end floors a metal ridgeextending from end floor, and a wooden filling beam for the lower chordextending between the end floors.

2. In a car, the combination of bolsters, side sills extending frombolster to bolster and resting on the bolsters near their ends,extension channels with their flanges outward on the outer side of thecar extending across the end of the bolster and secured to the bolsterand to the side sill.

3. The combination with a side sill in the form of a metal channel of abolster to which it is secured, an extension member on the outer side'ofthe car extending across to the end of the bolster and to the side sill,a long wooden reinforcing beam occupying such channel.

4. A car side having a metal truss and wooden planking, the trussincluding a channel shaped lower chord-extending from bolster to bolsterand constituting the side sill of the car, a supplemental sill intheform of a channel member on the outside of the car extending fromtheend of the car across the bolster, said supplemental sill being rivetedto the bolster and to the side sill.

5. A composite dump car having .sides composed of wooden planln'ng andmetal trusses, a central longitudinalridge beam composed wholly of metalhaving members extending from bolster to bo ster, and dumping doorscarried by the ridge beam.

6. A dumping car having sides composed of wooden planking and metaltrusses, inclined ends composed of wooden planking, a centrallongitudinal beam having a metal ridge'with metal under-bracing andhaving members passing through the end floors and secured to thebolsters, the central beam.

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and ties. These 7 rock and doors hinged to.

havin 7. A composite dump car having sides com osed of metal Howetrusses and en planking, wooden inclined end floors, a metal centrallongitudinal ridge, and dumping doors hinged to the central eam.

8. The combination, in a dump car, of inclined wooden end floors,bolsters'beyond the end floors, a box girder central-fbeam including apair of vertlcal lates extending from bolster to bolster, and a metalridge mounted on the box girder and extending from end floor to endfloor.

' 9. The combination, in a dump car, of a central box-girder beam,including a pair of vertical plates and a surmounting ridge and castingsbetween the vertical plate and ridge and riveted to each of them.

\ 10. The combination, in aldump car, of a central box-girder beamincluding a pair of vertical plates and a surmounting ridge, fillingmembers between the vertical plates and ridge and riveted to each ofthem, hinge e es carried bysaid filling members, and umping doorspivoted to said hinige eyes.

11. The combination, in a dump car, of a central box girder beamincludin a pair of vertical plates and a surmountln ridge and castingsbetween the vertical pate an ridge and riveted to each of them, pivoteddumping doors, and raising mechamsm for the doors carried by saidcastings.

. 12. The combination, in a dump car, of a central box girder beamincluding a pair of vertical plates and a surmounting ridge and castingsbetween the vertical plate an ridge and riveted to each of them, dum ingdoors' pivotally carried by said castings, journal plates carried bysaid castings, a

shaftmounted' in said plates, rock larm mounted on said shaft adapted toengage the door.

13. In a dump car, a dumping door andtherefor, of a block on which saidlever is pivoted, said block extending beyond the support thereof towardthe hook on the lever to prevent bending of the lever.

14. The combination of a car side, a locking lever carried thereby, apivoted door having a, floor beam with which said lever may engage, andmeans for reducing the bending strain which outward bulging of the carside. tends to give the lever.

- 15. The combination of a car side, a locking lever, carried thereby apivoted door adapted to abut said side and having a floor beam withwhich said. lever may engage, said lever being mounted on a blockcarried said side. v

16. A car having a beam, a lever, a block having a boss extending intosaid beam and ed, said block extending beyond the beam and av thecombination with a hooked locking lever by the car side and whichextends below.

a boss on which the lever is mountto form a brace for the lever, therebeing a hook formed on the lever, combinedwith a member with which saidhook cqiiperates.

17. The combination of a car side having a side sill, a dumping dooradapted to close against the same, a block secured to the side sill andhaving a boss seating in the side sill and having a boss on its outerside, a locking lever journaled on said last mentioned. boss and adaptedto engage aptloor beam of the dumping door, said block being extendeddownward beneath the side sill and between the lever and the door tobrace the lever,

18. composite dump car having sides composed of wooden planking andmetal trusses, the upper chords of which are chan nel beams, saidchannel beams being reinforced by wooden beams occupying the re cessesin the said channels and extending from end to end of the beams,woodeninclined end floors, a central longitudinal member com nrising abox girder, having vertical and metal side plates reaching from bolsterto bolster of the car, a metal ridge surmounting said girder, anddumping doors hinged to said metal ridge.

19. In a dump car, the combination of a side composed of plankingandwangle irons secured to the outer side thereof, a dumping nearer doorand supporting mechanism therefor including a longitudinal bar passingloosely through openings in the outstanding webs of such angle irons.

20. flna'dump car, the combination of the composite sides, the metalcentral member, the Wooden doors carried by the central member andcoiiperating with the sides and the bumpers for the doors carried by thecentral member.

21. In a dump car, the combination of a dumping door, means carried bythe side of the car and extending below it for supporting said door, andmeans for preventing inward bending of said supporting means.

:22. In a dump car, the combination with a bolster, of reinforcingchannels at the upper and lower chord, angle irons forming struts andties riveted to the said channels, and extension members riveted to thechannels forming the lower chords, and extend ing from the bolster tothe end sill of the car.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto ailix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

FRANK S. INGOLDSBY.

Witnesses:

MARY D. VVHIrooMB, THELMA KNUnsoN.

